With a little bit of advice from Simon (SSS) I am tackling the alternator today.

Lets see how clean I can get this one

 

Where's the first half hour update, Swiss?

 

Sorry I got sidetracked

Will give you an update after 30 mins.
Probably was I was going to split the alternator to make it easier but aside from the four bolts holding the sides together, how the hell do you get the large nut on the pulley out ? It is seized solid and I assume you need to take that out to separate the two halves ?

 

You really need an impact gun for the pulley bolt.

 

thought as much, might give it a miss then and just clean it as a complete unit

 

If you can find a way to hold the pulley (cloth and vice or large water pump pliers) then you could try a socket on a bar and hit the bar with a hammer to shock it off. I have removed them without impact guns but it's not the easiest way. Maybe a friendly tyre fitter open nearby, they'll buzz it off for you.

 

where the shiney shiney?

 

got distracted by bacon butties and the like

This is 5 minutes work

 

What are you using a wire wheel?? Looks like it'll come up a beauty.

 

Never going to be any good unless you get that large nut and the pulley off. THEN you can have a nice, shiny, new alloy pulley too.........

 

Well couldnt get the nut and pulley off so will leave that for later. In the meantime I have done around 40 mins on it all told and its getting there. Might need a dremel for the little fiddly bits.
Havent started to polish it yet

 

Coming along very nicely mate! Going to look very smart once you've got polishing...

 

It was going well until I burnt out the motor on my bench grinder
It might be a sign that I should stop

going to wash the car instead now

 

i have been doing this also when its all done do you seal them ?

 

No I am just going to give it a wipe over with autosol which should protect it for a while and then fit it.

 

Man i thought about making my engine, door hinges and so on my car real clean looking once like this, but i can't justify it, it will all get dirty again lol unless you don't drive it or clean it every month or so, then you don't it to get dirt, then you get an OCD, then you are ****ed lol.

Thanks
Sam

 

Lol just how i'm starting to get with my motor, more you look more you find. Starting get obessive

 

Sam

A little bit at a time and eventually you will have a good base to 'keep' clean rather do a major clean all the time. It works believe me.
But I know what you mean, there is a fine line between wanting a clean car and having OCD

 

Yeah that's a good way to look at it, but i don't have time for it now, the cars got too much dirty/grease all over, maybe one day if i ever get a new chassis

Do you keep the underneath clean and all?

Thanks
Sam

 

Keep the underneath clean ? Ha no

I may like to keep the car clean but I draw the line at something like that. My last scoob and this one are handled the same. Clean up top, bottom can do what the hell it likes
If it rusts from ground up so be it

 

Have a look at my website

http://www.polishedswiss.com/

It may give you some pointers on how to start and once you get it half decent, maintaining it is a lot easier believe me.

 

Link doesn't work?

Yeah i can see what you mean though, i plan to build a chassis one day, i'll keep that clean from day 1!

As for getting my car to that point on my Impreza now though, nah not for me lol.

Thanks
Sam

 

you have alot of time on your hands swisstoper lol when you are finished that one come and do mine and my inlet lol

 

I'd love to do this but I'm a bit lazy when it comes to working on my own car!